Support glob pattern for creates= and removes=

[ballessay]

SUMMARY

To be consistent with the command module allow glob patterns as the
creates and removes module parameters.

Use case was a command that creates a seemingly random named file (hash?) in a known subfolder.

I haven't found a related issue after a quick search.

ISSUE TYPE

• Feature Pull Request

COMPONENT NAME

modules/commands/expect.py

ANSIBLE VERSION

devel 2.4

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Executing a svn update filling in the username password, a file gets created under $HOME/.subversion/auth/svn.simple/$HASH

Before this change the solution seemed to be to run a pre-task, like:

- shell: ls $HOME/.subversion/auth/svn.simple/
  register: var

- expect: ...
  creates: {{ var.stdout }}

[sivel]

This requires documentation indicating that glob functionality is added in 2.4.

Similarly to what was done with command: 3b93401

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[ballessay]

Thanks for your fast response. I'll add that. Is it ok if add all to one commit?

[ballessay]

Documentation is now extended with the version information.

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[gundalow]

@ballessay
Thank you for your PR.
As part of reviewing the backlog of PRs we are looking at PRs older PRs that haven't been updated in a while

Given that:

• No update since 2017
• This is a feature rather than a bug fix
• The source branch (in your fork) no longer exists

Therefore I'm going to close this.

If you or anyone else wants to continue with this work then please do feel free to create a fresh PR and @mention the previous reviewers in here.